Chaired by
CHAIR:
- JiriDamborskyE-Mail
- Masaryk UniversityFaculty of ScienceDept of Experimental BiologyLoschmidt LaboratoriesBrnoCzech Republic
Dates
25-30 October 2008
Location
Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
The conference will take place in Sant Feliu de Guixols, on the Spanish Costa Brava, 120 km north of Barcelona and 30 km south of Girona. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Barcelona airport, on arrival and departure days.
Practical Information Guide PDF (195 KB) |
Final Programme & List of Participants
The meeting will bring together internationally renowned speakers who will review the current state of knowledge in the field of protein design and evolution for biocatalysis. The symposium will be the third event in a series held in Paris (2002) and Greifswald (2006). The main objective of the 2008 meeting will be to intensify discussion and collaboration between experimentalists with theoreticians, which is needed for development of novel biocatalysts by combining directed evolution with rational protein design. The meeting will be highly interdisciplinary through the participation of speakers with various backgrounds and research interests. The lectures will span the fields of mechanistic enzymology, biocatalysis, protein crystallography, computer simulations, phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics and synthetic biology. A substantial amount of time will be devoted to poster presentations and informal discussion to promote exchange of ideas and dissemination of information. Young scientists are encouraged to actively participate and a number of lectures will be reserved for their presentations based on originality and scientific quality of submitted abstracts.
Final Programme: PDF (230 KB) Last updated 17-July-2008 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions
There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. All other abstracts are accepted for poster presentation.
Recommended poster size is 140 cm high x 100 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.
Poster sessions will be held on Sunday and Tuesday: 20.00 to 22.00
Numbers will be allocated a few weeks before the conference.
Authors with odd poster numbers should be available at their posters during the session on Sunday, keeping their posters on display until Tuesday morning.
Authors with even numbers will present on Tuesday evening and keep their posters on display until the end of the conference.
A poster prize sponsored by EMBO will be awarded at the end of the conference.
| List of Accepted Posters PDF (189 KB) |
Booklet of Abstracts: PDF (1.9 MB) Last updated 18-November-2008 |
Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide (above under Location Information). Please read it fully and carefully...
GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Three buses will be arranged on arrival day from Barcelona airport to Sant Feliu. The journey takes approximately 2 hours, depending on traffic.
Bus departure times – Saturday 25 October: 16.30, 17.30 and 18.30
Airport departure point: the buses will wait in the special bus parking area located just before the A terminal. Each bus has been requested to be at the meeting point 20-30 minutes before scheduled departure. The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Group transportation back to Barcelona airport will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day.
Bus departure time – Thursday 30 October: 08.30
ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single should be paid to the venue directly. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Jean Kelly.
Registration Form
All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 14 September 2008
NEWS!
Biotechnology Journal will publish a special issue based on the conference topic - Protein Design and Evolution for Biocatalysis.
Accepted participants will have the opportunity to submit articles to possibly be featured in the journal as well.
Conference Fees
Fees | What the fees cover |
EUR 730 | conference, meals and twin OR double room |
EUR 520 | non-resident: conference, meals (no room) |
ESF Contact
- JeanKellyE-Mail
- Conference Officer
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2025
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-255 in any correspondence.
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Links of Interest
- ESAB (European Federation of Biotechnology Section on Applied Biocatalysis)
- 22nd Annual Symposium of The Protein Society 'Proteins: Machines of Life', Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego, CA, 19-23 July 2008
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Reporting new methodology and/or important applications in the fields of chemical informatics or molecular modeling. Specific topics include the representation and computer-based searching of chemical databases, computer-aided molecular design of new materials, catalysts, or ligands, development of new computational methods or efficient algorithms for chemical software, and biopharmaceutical chemistry including analyses of biological activity and other issues related to drug discovery.
- Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) was set up in 1981 as a society dedicated solely to the interests of molecular modelling and related aspects of computational chemistry. The society organises many large meetings around the world which bring together people from all aspects of the discipline. Smaller, more focused meetings are also arranged to allow more detailed discussion of particular areas.
- The Biotechnology Journal publishes strictly peer-reviewed papers covering novel aspects and methods in all areas of biotechnology, especially those focusing on healthcare, nutrition or biosafety, and methods and advances. Special attention is also paid to the public, legal, ethical and cultural aspects of biotechnological research in the Forum section. Most issues are devoted to a special topic, providing the latest comprehensive information on the most crucial areas of research and technological advances.
